Practice Guide: Get Started
Welcome!
This practice guide is designed to help you find resources for your research assignment.
Why Use Reference Materials?
Reference Sources:
- Provide background info/brief overviews on a subject
- Provide key terms, persons, etc. to add to database searches
- Lead to more useful sources
- Help you narrow down your topic
Background Information
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American ExperienceMain Level, Reference: R 909.0496 Af83A
- All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's WorldMain Level, Reference: R 822.33 Ol8A
- American Women During World War II: An EncyclopediaMain Level, Reference: R 940.5373 W378A
- A Companion to RomanticismDuncan Wu, editor. Blackwell Pub., 1999.
Upper Level: 820.9145 C738C
Dictionaries
- A Dictionary of Animal BehaviourCovering every aspect of animal behaviour from adaptation to warning, this accessible A-Z also includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology. Clear and informative entries on topics such as communication, learning, and navigation are backed up by examples and illustrations where appropriate.
